The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War

by James Shapiro

A brilliant and daring account of a culture war over the place of theater in American democracy in the 1930s, one that anticipates our current divide, by the acclaimed Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro

From 1935 to 1939, the Federal Theatre Project staged over a thousand productions in 29 states that were seen by thirty million (or nearly one in four) Americans, two thirds of whom had never seen a play before. At its helm was an unassuming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593490207
• ISBN13: 9780593490204
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"